Pickett Condensed Matter Theory Group, updated summer 2013

Undergraduate Students (with entrance/exit date)

2011-2014 Justin Smith, Undergraduate

2016-2018 Yueguang Shi, Undergraduate

2017-2019 Milena Mathew, High school student

Students (with entrance/completion dates; career positions as available)

M.S. 1999-2000 Daniel Lattimore Thesis,
"A 2D Multi-band Hubbard Model in Mean Field Approximation"
Whereabouts unknown

PhD 1997-2001 Joonhee An Thesis unavailable electronically
"Microscopic Theory of Magnetic Clusters and Superconducting Materials"
1st job: Postdoctoral Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA
2nd job: Postdoctoral Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden CO
Subsequent: Project Scientist, University of Nebraska Lincoln

PhD 1997-2003 Michelle D. Johannes Thesis
"Computational Investigation of Magnetic Interactions: Combining First Principles and Model Approaches"
1st job: NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC
Current: Staff Physicist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC

PhD 1999-2005 Kristopher Andersen Thesis to be posted
"Electronic Structure of Nanomaterials: Computational Methods and Application to Niobium Clusters"
1st job: NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC
2nd job: Assoc. Professor, Northern Arizona University
3rd job: Computational Scientist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC
Current: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria VA (to be confirmed as correct)

PhD 2000-2005 Tae-seong Jeong, Thesis unavailable electronically
"Computational Studies of Electronic Structures for Superconducting and Magnetic Materials"
1st job: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Last known: Hanshin University, South Korea

PhD 2001-2006 Kwan-woo Lee Thesis
"Studies of Correlation Effects in Layered Transition Metal Oxides"
1st job: Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Davis
Current: Professor, Korea University, Sejong, South Korea

PhD 2001-2006 Deepa Kasinathan Thesis
"Computational Study of Materials Under Pressure"
1st job: Postdoctoral Fellow, MPI for Chemical Physics, Dresden, Germany
Current: Project Scientist, MPI for Chemical Physics, Dresden, Germany

PhD 2001-2006 Brian R. Maddox Thesis
"Electronic Phase Transitions in Correlated Materials: a High Pressure Study"
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Current: Staff Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

PhD 2002-2007 Amy Lazicki Thesis
"Properties of Low-Z Solids at High Pressure"
1st job: Postdoctoral Fellow, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institute of Washington
2nd job: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Paris
Current: Staff Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

PhD 2001-2007 Alan Kyker Thesis
"Computational Methods Applied to Superconductivity and Magnetism"
1st job: Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
Current: Software Engineer, Intel Corporation

PhD 2003-2008 Erik R. Ylvisaker Thesis
"DFT and DMFT: Implementations and Applications to the Study of Correlated Materials"
1st job: Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Davis
Current: Nordstrom, Seattle

PhD 2005-2009 Zhiping P. Yin Thesis
"Microscopic Mechanisms of Magnetism and Superconductivity Studied from First Principles Calculations"
1st job: Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers University

PhD 2004-2012 HahnBidt (H.B.) Rhee Thesis
"Electronic Structure Properties and High Pressure Experimentation of Superconducting or Possibly Superconducting Systems"
First job: Research Scientist, UC Davis

2006-2012 Swapnonil Banerjee Thesis,
"Semi-Dirac Dispersion, and its Various Aspects"
1st job: Lecturer, Department of Physics, UC Davis

2006-2012 Soham S. Ghosh Thesis,
"tbd"
1st job: Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Davis
Current: unknown

2010-2015 Yundi Quan Thesis,
"tbd"
1st job: Postdoctoral Fellow, Beijing Normal University
1st job: Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Davis
1st job: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Florida

Former Postdocs at UCD, current position if known (year)

1997 Ruben Weht

2001 Alessio Filippetti

2003 Alexander (Sasha) Shick

2004 Helge Rosner

2005 Jan Kunes

2005 Wei Ku

2006 Meichun Qian

2006 Karan Aryanpour

2007 Prabuddha Chakraborty

2007 Simone Chiesa

2008 Kwan-woo Lee

2008 Erik Ylvisaker

2009 Quan Yin

2011 Hasan Sadat Nabi

2012 Hahnbidt (HB) Rhee

2013 Antia Botana, Arizona St. U. (Asst. Prof. 2018-)

2013 Shruba Gangopadhyay, Applied Materials Inc. (2022)

2016 Shu-Ting Pi

2017 Amandeep Kaur

2017 Soham Ghosh

2018 Yundi Quan, Univ. of Florida (postdoc, 2021)

Research Associates at UCD

2004-2004 Pavel Novak (Academy of Sciences, Prague)

2008-2011 Victor Pardo (Univ. of Santiago de Compostela)

2009-2010 Jaichan Lee (SKKU, S. Korea)

Visitors at UCD

2017 Ruhollah Gholami (from Razi University, Iran)

2019 Bushra Sabir (from Punjab Colleges, Lahore, Pakistan)

Some of the group (past, present, virtual), APS March Meeting 2011

Another photo (relaxed), APS March Meeting 2011

Pickett Condensed Matter Theory Group, Summer 2003

Students (old listing)

• Kristopher Andersen
  DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellow, 2001-2005
  CdSe Nanoparticles
  Electric Dipoles of Nb Nanoparticles

• Alan Kyker
  Superconductivity Coexisting with Ferromagnetism
  Ginzburg-Landau Treatment: Vortices
  Bogoliubov-de Gennes Studies: Models and ZrZn₂
  

  Deepa Kasinathan
  MgB_2-xC_x
  MgB₂ Straining for Higher T_c
  Equation of State of CoN
  Designing Superconductivity: LiHB₂C₂
  Lithium: High T_c Under Pressure
  Itineracy in High T_c Cuprates
  

  Kwan-Woo Lee

  Tae-seong Jeong
  Hexagonal Pd
  MnSi: Non-invertible Ferromagnet
  CuMnSb
  PtSb₂